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🌍 Next up in our #PrizeforCities finalist spotlight series: Climate Budgeting in Oslo, Norway! Oslo’s Climate Budget is setting a new standard for integrating emissions reduction targets directly into the municipal budgeting process. This approach, led by Oslo’s Climate Agency Klimaetaten i Oslo kommune, has achieved impressive results like: 🔹🌱 Reducing emissions by 30% since 2009 through strict accountability measures 🔹🚉 Expanding affordable and electric public transit and adding 100 km of bike lanes 🔹🤝 Creating a model that has been replicated in hundreds of cities around the world, including London and Mumbai Oslo’s innovative Climate Budget highlights how data-driven, cross-sectoral strategies can mainstream climate action and align emissions reductions with urban development. Explore our full case study here: https://lnkd.in/e2GuesZj Stay tuned for next week, where we’ll be sharing our last #PrizeforCities finalist spotlight from our partnership with WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities! Guro Watten Furu | Audun Garberg | Næring for klima | Oslo kommune #UrbanSustainability #ClimateBudget #Transportation #GreenBusiness #SustainableCities #Yale #YSE Image courtesy of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

🌳People and cities putting their hearts and minds into the climate transition Some cities traveled 36 hours by train to join this year’s Eurocities Environment Forum in the City of Vienna to discuss their role in climate and environmental justice. Some highlights from the event include: An eye-opening keynote speech by Sigrid Stagl on how to increase people’s wellbeing, economic growth, while managing, or even better, decreasing the use of resources and human environmental impact. The bad news? We’re far from there, yet. Watch the full speech ▶️ https://lnkd.in/epX9zbbU A panel of experts and cities discussing how to best engage locals in decisions about environmental and climate measures. This included examples from City of Vienna, Turun kaupunki - Åbo stad - City of Turku, Guimaraes and Gent Klimaatstad. Watch the full panel ▶️ https://lnkd.in/ewXnzqKP Or read the summary 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2fBkWJE A city showcase giving the floor to inspiring good practices of cities engaging citizens on biodiversity, environment and climate measures. Watch a summary of these examples ▶️ https://lnkd.in/ed43dvKZ A walk through City of Vienna’s projects on: * Decentralised and renewable heating projects * Biodiversity protection and urban planning * People's input into climate adaptation and greening * Gender planning for an area with housing and parks See the video below for more on these 👇 Find all pictures from the Forum 📷 https://lnkd.in/eRsda5-g The Forum is also an opportunity for cities to meet, exchange and workshop challenges and solutions in person. Become a member 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e6uRhGmk and make sure to join the next Environment Forum. Like and share. #Cities4Climate #ClimateJustice

A true eco-pioneer, Vienna was all about sustainability before it was cool. 🕶️ Today, the Vienna Planet Fund is here to help great climate-saving ideas become reality by providing financial support to select projects. 🍀 The city adopted its first Climate Protection Programme in 1999 and succeeded in reducing per-capita CO2 emissions by almost 40% in the years since. Fully aware that #sustainability is better for everyone, #Vienna maintains over 50% green space and provides 63 kilometers of free-to-access wild swimming areas. It consistently ranks among the greenest cities in the world. But more is required! 🌎 Guided by the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040, the Smart (Climate) City Wien strategy focuses on active participation and fair policies to ensure that, in the future, Vienna remains the most liveable city in the world. 🌳 With the #ViennaPlanetFund, the city amplifies actions over words, championing the bold, the brave, and the innovative. We will fund your ideas for a better world – find out more: https://lnkd.in/d4ZQ-6Qv #climateneutral #climateresilient #environmentalprotection #smartcity #viennaplanetfund #viennabusiness Christian Frey Bettina Litschauer Karin Zeltner Daniel Chladek Nina Jakic XJ Zhang Tsvetoslava Kapatsinova Gabriele Tatzberger Dudu Gencel Florian Schanznig Naomi Hunt Mario Rauter Ioana Varga Theresa Allsopp Christian Bartik

Aalborg Kommune to host conference on sustainable cities and towns - The European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns will come together at #Aalborg2024 in Denmark to help shape a climate-neutral, resilient and just future ICLEI Europe #climateaction #climatechange https://ow.ly/QzNz50SlUL7

Aalborg Kommune to host conference on sustainable cities and towns - The European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns will come together at #Aalborg2024 in Denmark to help shape a climate-neutral, resilient and just future ICLEI Europe #climateaction #climatechange https://ow.ly/QzNz50SlUL7

Aalborg Kommune to host conference on sustainable cities and towns - The European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns will come together at #Aalborg2024 in Denmark to help shape a climate-neutral, resilient and just future ICLEI Europe #climateaction #climatechange https://ow.ly/QzNz50SlUL7

Just before the summer holidays, we received some exciting news: our paper titled 'Ecosystem Services-Based City Ranking in Italy: A Tool to Enhance Sustainable Thinking in Regeneration Strategies,' co-authored with Angela Pilogallo and @Francesco Scorza, has been published https://lnkd.in/e7wh7beb. Based on a spatially explicit assessment of various ecosystem service (ES) variables, a multiple ecosystem services landscape index (MESLI) has been developed and mapped, and it has been compared with the rankings of major Italian cities. This comparison demonstrates the ranking tool's ability to produce heterogeneous results, revealing significant differences in assessing territorial features. The findings underscore the potential of such a ranking system to inform sustainability strategies in regeneration processes. Given the accelerating impacts of climate change, ecosystem services (ES) have become crucial for safeguarding the environment and mitigating its impacts, which currently seem challenging to slow down or reverse. To assess territorial performance, development, and quality of life, multidimensional integrated indicators are increasingly used.

🌱 Turning Vision into Reality: Resource Mobilisation for Climate Action 🌍 Every impactful climate project starts with a vision, but transforming that vision into tangible change requires the right resources. Mobilising them is the cornerstone of success and sustainability - so say the UN CC:Learn and UN Climate Change's Youth4Capacity. With the Cool Neighbourhoods project, where enhancing liveability and resilience against climate challenges is our goal, the Provincie Antwerpen plays a pivotal role in developing Training and Empowering materials. These resources are designed not just for civil servants and urban planners, but for all partners, including pilot cities like Differdange, Ville de Saint-Omer, Gemeente Middelburg, Gemeente Goes, and COMMUNE DE WIMEREUX, ensuring everyone benefits from these valuable insights. Here’s what resource mobilisation means for Cool Neighbourhoods: 🌟 Human Resources – Engaging skilled individuals and communities to bring our pilot actions to life. 🤝 Partnerships – Strengthening collaboration across the Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) North-West Europe region for shared success. 💰 Financial Resources – Exploring innovative funding mechanisms for green infrastructure and climate adaptation. The new “Becoming a Climate Champion” e-course dives deeper into these pillars, providing practical strategies, expert insights, and interactive learning to turn vision into action. 💡 Let’s nurture our resources like plants in a garden, ensuring they flourish for long-term success. Take the course today and empower your climate leadership journey. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePChKyeQ Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) Interreg North Sea Programme Cool Cities GreenDense IB-Green Except Integrated Sustainability Tiny Maenhout Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer University of Antwerp HZ University of Applied Sciences Sioen Industries Eranda Janku, PhD Benny Pycke, PhD Carolien Eijkelenboom Yann Logelin Sabine COUROUBLE Caroline RICOUART Sacha Oberweis Gaelle Tavernier European Platform for Urban Greening European Urban Initiative ICLEI Europe EUROPARC Federation Urban Agenda for the EU #ResourceMobilisation #ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #GreenProjects #Liveability #UrbanResilience #PartnershipsForTheGoals #ClimateFinance #InnovationForClimate #Leadership

🟢 Do not miss the Conference on Co-Creating Visions for an Urban Resource Center, organized by ELISAVA Research and the Agència Catalana de Residus. 📅 December, 3rd ⏰ 10am - 3pm 📍 Elisava We invite you to participate in a Co-Creation day with the aim of thinking, defining and proposing what an Urban Resource Center should look like for Barcelona, an essential space for the reuse and revaluation of disused materials, aligned with the principles of the circular economy. The joint objective must be to move towards the creation of a multidisciplinary working group to address the reuse of construction products. Registrations here > https://lnkd.in/dDDS_Cn5 This initiative is part of the CURE+ research project, which is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), with parallel work to ours in several European cities. #ElisavaResearch #CURE+ #EuropeanClimate #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #ZeroWaste

To what extent is equity already embedded in your city's sustainable development work? The ICLEI World Congress 2024 showcased many real-life city examples of sustainable urban development worldwide. In this blog published on "The City Fix" by WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, Matteo Bizzotto, communications expert at #ICLEI, spotlights five cities that are shaping local climate solutions for all: 🔸 Malmö, Sweden: Integrates social equity through low-energy housing and child-friendly environments. 🔸 Cleveland, U.S.: Uses a Racial Equity Tool in its Climate Action Plan for economic prosperity and resilient neighborhoods. 🔸 Ludwigsburg, Germany: Overcomes financial barriers with a subsidy scheme boosting solar device adoption. 🔸 Rosario, Argentina: Combats food waste through urban waste pickers, creating jobs and reducing emissions. 🔸 Teresina, Brazil: Prioritizes urban afforestation for resilience and community health. Read the full blog to explore these inspiring stories 👉 https://lnkd.in/ec-A_sxB #ICLEIWorldCongresss #SustainableCities #ClimateAction #SocialEquity #UrbanDevelopment